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An operations analyst is solving the equation x^2 + 10x + 4 = 15 to determine the growth rate of a startup's user base. After isolating the variable terms to get x^2 + 10x = 11, the analyst must identify the constant term needed to create a perfect square trinomial. Based on the coefficient of the x term, the value that must be added to both sides of the equation is ____.

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